PROTESTORS áLINE-UP AGAINST THE PROPOSED KEYSTONE X-L OIL áPIPELINE A SHOWDOWN OUTSIDE CONGRESSMAN LEE TERRY'S OMAHA OFFICE. PIPELINE AND TERRY SUPPORTERS TURN áOUT TO TURN BACK THOSE WHO OPPOSE IT. AND K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI SHOWS US WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. PIPELINE OPPONENTS CAME TO CONGRESSMAN LEE TERRY'S OFFICE...ARMED WITH A SONG.( NAT SND SINGING: Let them spill. I'll just think of all those little things they'll kill. Kill kill kill.) AND A MOCK TROPHY CALLED THE CONGRESSIONAL CLIMATE DENIER AWARD, THEY SAY FOR THE TERRY'S BELIEF CLIMATE CHANGE IS NATURAL. AND BUILDING A PIPELINE THAT WILL TRANPORT TAR SANDS OIL FROM CANADA WILL NOT CREATE MORE CARBON POLLUTION.( Rachel Gehringer- Wiar: They have a unicorn on them because we believe that denying climate change science is equitable to believing in unicorns. ) A STAFF MEMBER QUIETLY ACCEPTED THE TROPHY FOR THE CONGRESSMAN WHO IS IN WASHINGTON. BUT MEMBERS OF THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION WEARING ORANGE SHIRTS WERE READY TO DEFEND HIM.( Doug Sea: In support of Mr Terry and try to urge him to get this pipe line approved. ) THEY SAY THE PIPE LINE WILL PROVIDE 2 THOUSAND JOBS OVER THE TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT. AND CAN BE SAFELY OPERATED THROUGH PORTIONS OF SANDHILLS AND AQUIFER IN NEBRASKA.( Ron Kaminski: You would think this is the first pipeline ever to run through the aquifer which is incorrect. There are hundreds of them especially down south.) SO AS THE DEBATE SPILLED OUT INTO THE HALLWAY.( Doug Sea: I just want a job. Laura Jacobberger: But how long is that job going to last? ) MEMBERS OF BOLD NEBRASKA CALLED ON THE CONGRESSMAN TO MEET WITH LANDOWNERS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS... THE PIPELINES' NEW ROUTE. AND ASKED FOR TERRY TO RETURN THE TROPHIES IF HE EVER CHANGES IS VIEW ON GOBAL WARMING.( Larry Farnsworth: Technically we're not supposed to accept gifts so we'll probably have to bring it back to them because it's against house ethic rules.. ) IN WEST OMAHA, ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. TERRY WASN'T THE ONLY MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO GET THE "CLIMATED DENIER AWARD". 135 OTHER MEMBERS RECEIVED THE TROPHY AS PART OF NATIONAL EFFORT BY A NON PROFIT GROUP CALLED "ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA."

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